Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Don't ask me. I'm still puzzled by the idea that people
would want to clutter up their Windoze/Mac/Linux screen
with emulation sessions instead of using a real terminal.
Maybe if more users had the common sense to insist on real
terminals, 5250 terminal development would have advanced
as far as X-terminal development, and things like
programmable mouse button support and GUI elements that
are doable on 348x terminals would actually have some
operating system (not to mention SDA) support.

(Think of it this way: something that comes in a box
marked "Roland," "Korg," "Yamaha," or "Casio," and plugs
into a wall, and plays through speakers, is AN EMULATOR.
Something that has real pipes, blown by real wind, or real
strings, either struck by real hammers or plucked by real
picks [whether made of quills, leather, or Delrin], and
has a nameplate that says "Flentrop," "Steinway," or "John
Challis," is THE REAL THING.)

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JHHL